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lol besides that , if you think ltc food is bad go live in jail for a couple weeks .... iv done that too hahaha trust me whenever u think you have it the worst theres allways some one some were who has it alot worse than you. jail food is laughable , but if your hungry you will eat it no matter what

lol i think there making it out to be worse than it is, ud be surprised, the same sysco truck that drops food off to your ltc facility makes his rounds to the local restraunts droping off shrimp and chicken and meats , other frozen things. Iv ate food at restraunts for 15 dollars a plate that wasnt any better than my ltc food. besides were allready going bankrupt whats ur solution ?

potatoe...?

lol , boy u are lost, haha . dont fret a big time AS RN is here to help you. A lvn/lpn and RN are different ,different schooling different nclex and different scope of practice , A rn with a associates degree vs a bachelors degree is the same in the scope of practice . the differences in pay here in south texas is any were from .25 cents to a dollar starting in a reg med surge floor . theres more opportunities with your bachelors degre than a regular old AS degree

lol you are funny if you think you can be alone all day in your truck and avoid stupid people you are in for it, lol the dispatcher will have you done in less than three months. any time you move away to run from your problems they find you because you are not leaving the prob YOU are the problem(nothing personal) you have to find a way to deal with things differently or any field you go into you will eventually run into the same issues again , just my 2 cents

Is it the norm to have patients run out of meds & to have to borrow/steal from another patient's meds? Is it the norm for a facility to run out of testing/treatment supplies & not be able to do proper treatments & tests on dozens of patients for the entire day? Is it normal for nurses to sign off on whole med passes & treatments & not actually do any of them? Is it common for nurses to skip vitals on multiple patients & then just "come up with something" to put in the chart? Is it common to meet what seems like an excellent nurse only to have to do a double-take when they sneak a pill out of the patient's cup of meds on the way down the hall & pop it into their mouth - slide of hand? Is it common to have a policy of "Here's what you're supposed to do, but in reality here's what we do to get by. I'm not telling you to do this, I know you're going to do it because you gotta do what you gotta do...but if you get busted it's your butt on the line." .... ok the first one, yes that is normal and while its not the proper thing to do , and you never do that in front of state surveyors it is common practice, its like the lesser of two evils u no?? is it better not to give this norvasc 10 mg or just borrow it tell the med gets delivered tomarrow...? the second im not sure what your talking about?? if your talking about finger stick supplies or wound care supplies then definitively never never not normal, and not good the second , while it happens , is not normal and dont do it!! your are responsible for you!! dont do it plain and simple, now that doesnt mean you dont occasionally not give a breathing treament or something small like that because somebodies sugar is 37 , or there o2 is 79, or you have to er some one out or get two admission in one night !!! the third is just about the stupidest thing iv ever heard and needs to reported to the don and administrator now, period ps DONT DO THAT !! the last sound what we in the business like to call "time management" some times u have to cut corners, not where it counts, but u gotta do what u gotta do , alot of procedures are nessary and needed . and some are ridiculous ,period i hope this helps and its just one humble nurses opinion who was several years experiences in a ltc facilty , take it with a grain of salt some people will think different , and alot of people dont know what its like in a ltc with 35 residents 3 tube feeders 6-10 dm2 pts 4=5 psyc pt on a normal floor , 5-6 hoyers lift pts and every thing else under the sun good luck keep your head up

bosses suck every were u go ,get used to it, theres people waiting tables begging to make 25 bucks a hour. not that i have to stand up for nursing, but its not meant for every one.

ouch double ouch, sometimes i dred going on all nurses cause of articles and commentd like this ,, so demoralizing , i respect your truth and honesty but holy cow, im about ready to delete my allnurses account

wow , just wow incredible story's , very sad story's i cant ever image being on the non nursing side of something like this

they start building apartments and hotels and start charging BIG RENT. just dont land on park place or board walk ,,,youll go broke

bi polar??

whhewww over react some, , and people wondering why so many nurses get burned out and hate nursing... you cant ever win, if your unpersonable your rude and robotic. if your personable and try and lighten a tough situation your unprofessional. Welcome to the wonderfull world of nursing , enjoy :)

i would suggest , if you havnt all ready, go do the hurst review, ist invaluable , and the kaplan review, i failed the first time only doing the kaplan , regrouped, studyed both again focusing on what my weaknesses were and retook it, also and i think this is big!. When i took my second nclex i took tons of breaks, had healthy snacks and took a couple 5-10 min walks during the test,, dont ever worry about the time , plan on being there 6 hours , at one point i think i left the building and walked to the store, and just cleared my mind. The big thing is dont give up, good luck

thats it, i just love my days off , i like working hard on my last shift and waking up having 3 days off its great, sleeping in , relaxing all day, going to the beach , or just sitting around all day with my two girls , heres to days off !!

if i dont do something or a resident refuses a tx or med , initial the box circle it and on the back of the mar or tar put res refused, boom ur good

the only thing i can thing of is if you put your nurse manger or don as a reference and they told your potential new employer.

idk but it sounds like you have a pretty sweet job now..? not to get to personable but why leave , if your good at what you do and your happy , really happy, no amount of money in the world is worth that. but if you must leave , do it in good relations, my brother , left his current rn job twice only to return back to it because he realized more money doesn't always equal more happiness , prob not a ton of help but good luck with what ever you decide

try a dsd position , or maybe a adon , min experiences for the director of staff development

thats very true, one thought ..nursing is primarily a women's game. , and traditionally there is more , how should i say ,drama with a bunch of women vs man (man here) NOT ALL THE TIME, but sometimes . so thats something that just comes with the territory, ur gona have to stop giving a **** about what other people think , and prioritize your family and kids , go to work , take care off business and come home to your loved ones

blehhhhh , u have no idea , but one day u will ,..in this life or the next

i love that , and its so true , i too work in a ltc facility , and i work in a wander risk hall with all dementia pts . all but one person you have to crush there meds , some of the res will refuse there meds everyday every time just because they have no idea what your doing, two specific residents will only take there meds in penut butter and jelly sandwiches , as a nurse sometime you gota do what you gota do, within reason of coorifice, is it better i give this person their ativan , bp med , diabetes med ect ect or just circle it as not giving cause they refused??

were i work we have one key chain with just the narc key , and the other key chain with the thousand other keys . Are all your keys on one ring?

i wouldn't talk to a hr rep id go strait to the don's office, they run the show

some time u gotta learn the hard way, being fired a few times might be the only way for her to grow up

ahhhh i lost 20 points for replying neg to this topic , and some body said i have barely legible post , it been a bad topic lol jk